Events and Entertainment

Nancy and Brent: Married people who still make time to high five.

“Comedy is tragedy plus time.” It’s been said many times by many comedians. I believe the original usage dates back to the great Carol Burnett.

Every day we share a single photo from our Flickr Pool shot by one of our faithful and talented readers (that’s you!). It used to make me lie awake at night, unable to sleep. I needed to know - the caramilk has to get in there somehow.

Last night's Vancouver Book Club meeting was so great! Michael Christie sat down with us in the Hideaway at the Waldorf Hotel and discussed his book, The Beggar's Garden , which was our current selection.

Have you ever heard of Twestival ? Essentially it's a party, promoted and organized via Twitter, that goes to support a good cause.

Maker Faire is the ultimate celebration of making, crafting, DIYing, tinkering, hacking and sharing. The first-ever Vancouver Maker Faire will be June 25-26, 2011, at the Great Northern Way campus .

SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver.

One year ago yesterday, hockey player Sidney Crosby scored the Olympic gold medal-winning goal that sent his team, the city of Vancouver and indeed all of Canada into a frenzy of joyful celebration.

Andrea's dedication is shown in the roughness of her hands: she has sacrificed their softness to form silver, stone and crystal into art, offering them up to make others beautiful.

I should probably preface this review of John Furlong's book by noting that since 2009 I've been repeating and proliferating the following mantra: Vancouver is not awesome because the Olympics were here, the Olympics were here because Vancouver is aw